A Kosovo Texan Enchilada
The Rio Grande hypocrisy.
Why immigration is an important issue.
June 2, 2006
Geoffrey Hamilton
All the fuss going on in the States regarding Mexicans crossing into the US, and also regarding things like
the anthem being sung in Spanish, shows what has been the case lately in any and every
country: the hogwash attached
to multiculturalism. The truth is we are all racists or need to be.
Of course hypocrisies abound on this issue, but it is the adjacent dangers
which make my point. For one, without 'racism' everyone would have nothing in the cultural sphere to value.
But first it's the hypocrisies that matter.
When Texas was a part of Mexico, English
American immigrants crossed the border into Texas, Mexico without
controls on their numbers. Eventually, as these immigrants made no attempt to assimilate,
these 'Americans' used their high numbers in that province to steal this
territory away for their home country. We all know the rest because this famous
theft has been spin doctored
to death for everyone forced into the American sphere, including Mexicans.
Now the present reversing of the situation has the American spin doctors recognizing their own
precedent. They can see a potential Mexican population takeover of some, if not all, of the states
as a major challenge to the American race. And they have the present example of Kosovo to stoke their fears and hypocrisy.
Kosovo is a recent example but not the only one. This
province of Serbia is more important to Serbians than
any Alamo or George Washington. It is their 'Jamestown' and their 'Plymouth'. It also
'happens' to border Albania so when over a hundred years ago uncontrolled immigration from Albania to Serbia
occurred it set in motion a series of events - from the higher Albanian birth rate, to mutual expulsions,
to the Serbians given minority status in their own homeland by Westerners
It must give any half-wit 'Texan' pause and make him think that any
regionally strong group, from chinatown to
poortown, could, if they're not careful, do the same thing to his 'state' as the
Albanians have been permitted to do to Serbia (but were not allowed to do to 'friend'
Macedonia). He might recall this is what Americans have done to
Mexico and he could expect Mexico to do it right back at 'em.
For all this you can begin to see not just the hypocrisy, not just a
language, not just skin colour, but how all meaning
is tied up with the power of just any old thing used to represent a culture. It's not
language or skin colour that
makes the difference to people, its the
'McGuffin', the anything in a story that causes the
plot to advance. Life cannot be lived without it because all values are standardized by
McGuffins. Americans, Mexicans, Serbians, Albanians, are just McGuffins. Races are just
McGuffins. However, if your McGuffin is about to be destroyed there is only one option
for all people - patriotic war! Kick out the enemy and don't allow any weakening of your
McGuffin ever again.
Everybody can know this when it comes down to it.
If your new neighbour sneaks up on you, or momentarily
overpowers you, and then changes not only the language that keeps you alive (by gainful work)
but then he tells you you're cultural practices are bad or stupid and will jail you for
them, then everybody understands - no exceptions. And people wonder why there are wars. Ha!
GRH
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